The National Grid has decided against rolling out a scheme on Tuesday which would see households paid to cut down on electricity consumption.
Although ESO - who oversee electricity supplies across the UK said earlier today that they were considering launching the Demand Flexibility Service (DFS), they have decided not to go ahead with the move. Tuesday evening is also when England take on Wales at the World Cup, with kick off at 7pm.
The programme, which has had two prior tests, is thought to reduce the risk of blackouts, as electricity supply and demand thresholds tighten significantly due to a European energy crisis.
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The DFS initially began testing at the beginning of November, and was set up to pay UK households and businesses to reduce their electricity consumption. This can assist in taking some strain off the system when supply is tight, as it was expected to be on Tuesday.
The operator of Britain's electricity grid also cancelled a warning that supply margins are substantially smaller than hoped on Monday evening. Dubbed the Capacity Market Notice, the automatic alert was cancelled at 2.04pm.
The warnings usually occur a number of times each year, however they have become more commonplace across the UK in 2022 - due to an ongoing energy crisis. A total of 11 of these warnings have been put out over the last six years, but around half of them were cancelled within half an hour of being raised.
The latest comes as the Grid will struggle to rely on nuclear power coming from across the Channel in France - who currently feel the sting of the European energy crisis. Supply is thought to be especially tighter in France on a Monday and Tuesday evening.
Around three quarters of France's electricity comes from nuclear power, with the nation struggling to spare much for the UK's demand.
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